Abia guber election appeal judgment: Defending the indefensible (3)
THESE sections of our Constitution and several judicial authorities were drawn to the attention of Justice Shoremi and his brother judges of the Court of Appeal, and yet these appellate judges held that the position of chief of staff to a governor and commissioner in the State Executive Council were neither civil nor public servants even in the face of section 208(d) which expressly includes an appointment to “any office on the personal staff of the governor†or section 318 which defines civil service of a State as including “service of the government of a State in civil capacity as staff of the office of the governor, deputy governor or a ministry or department of the government of the State assigned with the responsibility for any business of the government of the Stateâ€.
Man missing from NDLEA custody, family alleges
THE Ezeoruonye family of Akpo in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State has petitioned the chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) over alleged disappearance of its member, Chukwuma, from the custody of the NDLEAÂ in Onitsha. Chukwuma (25) was, on January 28, 2008, taken to the Onitsha office of the NDLEA […]
There is no difference between PDP and PPA …. Ohakim
Governor Ikedi Ohakim of Imo State stirred the hornet nest when he dumped the Peoples Progressive Alliance, PPA, the platform on which he won his mandate, for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. But the governor has been using every opportunity to explain and justify the reason for his action. As far as he is concerned, […]
2 years of Bankole in the saddle: The gains, the pains, the pitfalls
MR Dimeji Sabur Bankole was two years as speaker of the House of Representatives, November 2, 2009. In July, 2009, a plot to unseat him was revealed at the plenary session of the day, bringing the total attempts to remove his leadership to at least four since he assumed office. But, somehow, he survived.
Uduaghan : Nigeria is ignorant of climate change
First of all, I want to explain that with what has happened over the years, there has been a lot of pollution, mainly from industries, which occurred in the process of industrialization and what that has done is that it has increased the temperature of the atmosphere, increased the water level and, of course, you can see that there is a lot of flooding and erosion going on around the world now.
Ekwueme, Onyeabor Obi, wade into Anambra PDP crisis
THIS is the full inside story of how leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Anambra State met in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, last week to deliberate on the way forward after what is being described as a state chapter ruptured by incessant crises.
